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Early 2021 numbers suggest 6500 had died by then. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/feb/23/revealed-migrant-worker-deaths-qatar-fifa-world-cu

• prvit 4y ago
  Those numbers make no sense at all, as previously discussed https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30930117 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30930117 In fact, if we take them at a face value, they suggest incredibly low death rates among immigrant workers in Qatar.
  • Swenrekcah 4y ago
    I read the discussion you linked and then calculated a bit and compared with my country. Turns out as you say, that this number isn't very high if it's all-cause mortality. I don't think it's disputed though that migrant workers are treated inhumanely there. Not that Qatar would be the only community to treat migrant workers as second class people. It seems to be a case of a newspaper resorting to touting some numbers to make a point instead of reporting good information, which is sad.
    • marcus_holmes 4y ago
      sad but very very normal, unfortunately. Talking about companies eschewing ethics to get at the money: newspapers are companies.